Protector



Aug. 4, 1925.. 1,548,682

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Application filed July 7, 1922. Serial No. 573,269.,

To all rLv/zom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HAROLD GUIJN, a citi- Zen ot' the United States. residing at Minneapolis, in the county ot Hennepin and State 5 of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Protectors, ot' which the following is a specification. Y

The object of this invention is to provide a protector for protecting plants from the sun, cutworms and the` like, until the plant gets large enough to stand the heat from the sun and the stalk is too tough or large to be hurt bythe worm.

Another object ot the invention is to so form the protector that it can be manut'ae tured to sell at low cost, the tlaps ot the device being connected together by tongues and slots, thus eliminating the use oit ad` hesivematerial which may be ali'ected by This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reterence will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding,parts throughout the several views, and in Which:-

Figure 1 is a -view showing how the device is used.

Figure 2 is a view ot a blank from which the device is made. j

Figure 3 is a detail view showing how the flaps are connected together.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view through the overlapping ends of the device and through one of the tongues 4.

As shown in .these views the device is formed from a blank l, which is folded on the lines 2, to form the flaps 3. 'One a'p is provided with the tongues lt at its free edge and with the horizontal slots 5 adjacent its ends. The other flap is provided with the tongues GK which are arranged to engage the slots 5 and vertically arranged slots 7 which are arranged to receive the tongues 4.' Thus b v placing the tongues 1n engagement with the slots the flaps are securely connected together so that the device can be placed around a plant in order to shield the same from the sun and also to prevent cutworms a ud the like from injuring lthe plant. rIhe device may be held in place by heaping dirt around it. When not in use or When being shipped the device can be placed into flat shape so that a great number of these devices, when placed together, will occupy but little room. I prefer to make the top ot the front part higher than the rear or flaps, this being done by cutting the top of the blank in a-curve, as shown in Figure 2.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes tall within the scope of the appended claim.

lVhat I claim is z- A plant protector comprising a sheet having its top edge higher in the center than at its ends, one end having a pair of horizontal slits therein, one adjacent the top edge and the other adjacent the bottom edge, tongues formed on-said end and the other end having slits therein to receive said tongues and this end being cut to provide a pairot vertical tongues, one adjacent the upper edge and the other adjacent the lower edge for engaging the horizontal slits at the other end.

In testimony whereof I alx my signature.

HAROLD GULIN. 

